Implementing a democratic innovation

A report on the online deliberation of a civic panel chosen through random selection on the future transport system in Turku, Finland.

In the remote experiment residents were consulted to discuss future traffic solutions in the city. As a novel feature in the growing field of deliberative mini-publics, the citizens’ panels also included local councillors deliberating together with citizens in some of the small-groups.

Source: City of Turku
Author information: Kimmo Grönlund, Kaisa Herne, Maija Jäske, Heikki Liimatainen, Lauri Rapeli and Mikko Värttö together with Jonas Schauman, Rasmus Siren, Albert Weckman

Year of publication: 2020